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Duncan, South Carolina, United States

Clemmons, North Carolina

• Directed projects saving over $20M including failing product launches, low first pass yield, production shutdowns, safety, & warranty.
• Created the Product Failure Analysis Center (PFAC) which using root cause warranty analysis determined the highest frequency failure modes identifying high-value improvement projects (i.e. top 20% of failure providing.
• To create PFAC, I performed various duties such as equipment design, vendor selection & management, capital presentations & approval, and project management.
• Developed and created new analytical test equipment, procedures, & data analysis techniques to highlight failure patterns driving time reduction to solution (over 50% reduction).
• Lead a department of four technicians and an engineer. Responsible for hiring, performance, budgeting, and accounting.
• Coached suppliers on root cause analysis and problem resolution. Built relationships that lead to continuous improvement which drove a key product warranty from 16.8% to 1.4% of sales ($8M savings).

Anderson, SC

• Direct automotive OEM customer interface for all product releases, cost optimization, and quality issues for 8 speed transmission electrical control module (TCM).
• Performed dimensional analysis (both CMM and stack-up), print reviews, line builds, and performance testing to ready parts and assemblies for high speed production (i.e. over 3,000 parts per day).
• Developed audit performance specification limits for next-generation TCM ensuring vehicle performance specifications were met and an on-time product release.
• Designed and built high-speed and high-volume test equipment to match production rates ensuring PPM testing was performed in an efficient and cost effective manner reducing operator time by 80%.
• Lead performance and life testing on worldwide transmission projects ensuring on-time critical transmission release.
• Lead Shainin problem solving projects on production and testing issues which saved $200k and attained Shainin Red X Journeyman certification.

Schenectady, NY

• Led chiller replacement project including unit sizing, selection, vendor management, installation procedures, and operating instructions. Noise hazard eliminated as replacement reduced sound by 75%.
• Created operational and safety test procedures for primary nuclear systems including piping and valves.
• Managed In-Service Inspection (ISI) program for a power plant validating nuclear system operability & lifespan.
• Determined and documented technical emergent response for emergent reactor system function and performance issues.
• Presented and justified problem resolution to the governmental Nuclear Reactors (NR) oversight group, quality assurance, program oversight, and site engineering.
• Ensured design integrity by researching and updating design standards.

Clemson University - Internship In Engineering Design For Michelin North America

• Designed and constructed a test track burnishing device (it resurfaces an asphalt test track to a uniform friction surface for brake testing).
• Established validation test procedures for the burnishing device to validate design theory and performance effectiveness.
• Created all project components, assemblies, and drawings in SolidWorks.
• Outlined summary report including performance calculations, test data, cad model, drawings, BOM, and assembly cost breakdown.
• Lead team discussions on design, test procedures, and preparation for review committee presentation. Responsible for timeline adherence.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

• Lead maintenance resource stockpile accounting and management.
• Designed databases automating and improving accessibility of engineering records.
• Trained team leaders on Microsoft Access database usage.
• Inspected roads, signs, bridges, guard rails, and work areas to ensure that safety design specifications were maintained.
• Reviewed maintenance issues and proposed corrective actions.
• Analyzed fatality locations to validate road design and layout.

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.42

Activities and Societies: American Society of Mechanical Engineers• Passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam October 2008 • Financed.

College Transfer

• Took general education classes to transfer to Clemson University